The Erosion of Constitutionalism via Constitutional Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Slovakia
Abstract The 2023 Slovak general election resulted in an illiberal coalition keen to transform the political regime following its Hungarian neighbour's post‐2010 example. Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism. Constitutional entrepreneurship
Darina Malová, Max Steuer
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The Red–Green Electoral Threat to the Labour Party
Abstract For the first time, Labour faces credible electoral threats from minor parties to its left. The Greens and the newly formed Your Party offer left‐wing and Muslim voters disillusioned with Labour viable electoral alternatives and parliamentary representation. This article considers how great the threat is to Labour. It uses a model of how minor
Thomas Quinn +2 more
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Different Process, Different Outcomes: A Response to Cowley, Webb and Bale
Abstract This paper responds to Cowley, Webb and Bale's critique of our paper on sortition, parties and political careers. Cowley et al. argue that within‐party sortition will not increase parliamentary descriptive representation (PDR). We largely agree with that claim, which was not the focus of our original paper.
Keith Dowding +2 more
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Identity Politics and Left-wing Populism
How does the politicization of identities like race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation shape populist activism on the left? In this article, I demonstrate that left-wing populists engaged in identity politics resort to two contrasting – but not ...
Jannis Saalfeld
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Populismus in Deutschland, und die Auswirkungen auf die Bundestagswahl 2017 [PDF]
Starting from the voting for the Bundestag on September 24, 2017, during which the subject of right-wing populism was constantly being discussed up front, even in the mass media, due to the forever growing number of votes that the AfD are currently ...
Ursula OLLENDORF
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The Czech Republicans 1990-8: A populist outsider in a consolidating democracy [PDF]
The chapter examines the Czech Repulicans (the SPR-RSČ) , a radical right-wing party represented in the Czech parliament between 1992 and 1998, as a case study of party-based oppositional outsider populism in a consolidating democracy.
HANLEY, S
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Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway
Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach +2 more
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Right-wing Populism in Europe and the USA and the Grounds of Its Formation [PDF]
The success of the right wing populists in Europe and the USA, the left wing populists in Latin America and the populist leaders of parties and different movements in all over the world indicates that populism has once again returned in the spotlight of ...
Seyed Mohamad Ali Hosainizadeh +2 more
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Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden
Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
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The divided continent: Understanding Europe’s social landscape in 2020 and beyond. European Policy Centre 11 February 2020 [PDF]
The political upheaval and dysfunction of recent years have focused political minds on better understanding the volatility underpinning European electorates.
Gaston, Sophia
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